Romania’s next president must rethink reliance on US and EU
As semi-presidential republic, Romania’s head of state sits at center of its national security system
BUCHAREST, Romania (MNTV) – As Romania prepares to elect a new president, with Washington and Brussels in flux, it’s time for Bucharest to diversify its security partners – and become a little more pragmatic.
As a semi-presidential republic, Romania’s head of state sits at the center of its national security system.
The president appoints ambassadors, coordinates intelligence agencies, steers foreign affairs and defence policy and chairs the Supreme Council of National Defence.
In contrast to the complexity of these duties, the debate on foreign affairs in the run-up to next month’s presidential elections has been simplistic.
So far, the conversations of the candidates on their foreign and security policy priorities have focused on only two issues: whether to send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine; and Romania’s strategic partnership with the United States – which is at risk in the context of an increasingly Eurosceptic Trump administration.
On the post-war security of Ukraine, the consensus among the candidates is that Romania will not send peacekeeping troops.
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